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PRIVACY POLICY

This site is owned by Paradigm Spine, LLC. This Privacy Policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding collection, use, and disclosure of information that you may provide via this site. Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy before using, or submitting information to, this site. This site is intended for use by residents of the United States. By providing personal information to us or by using this site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

ABOUT CHILDREN

This site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We will not knowingly collect information from site visitors in this age group. We encourage parents to talk to their children about their use of the Internet and the information they disclose to Web sites. If your child has submitted personal information and you would like to request that such person information be removed, please contact as indicated below.

CONSENT

We will rely on consent, which in some cases may be implied, to use (i) technical information such as cookie data and geolocation data as described in this Privacy Policy, and (ii) personal information for marketing purposes. Where we would like to use sensitive personal information we collect directly from an individual, we will only do so with explicit consent in accordance with applicable law. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at the addresses below. We may obtain certain personal information and special personal information about individuals through healthcare professional users (including hospitals, health care providers, or their representatives) of our products and services, in which case they are responsible for obtaining and handling any required consents or for having another legitimate basis for processing such information.

ABOUT INFORMATION COLLECTION

Like many websites, this site actively collects information from its visitors both by asking you specific questions and by permitting you to communicate with us via e-mail and/or feedback forms. Some of the information that you submit may be personally identifiable information (that is, information that can be uniquely identified with you, such as your full name, address, e-mail address, phone number, etc.). Any personal information collected through the website will be process in accordance with applicable law and this Privacy Policy.

Some areas of this site may require you to submit information in order for you to benefit from the specified features or to participate in a particular activity. You will be informed at each information collection point what information is required and what information is optional. If you submit any personal information relating to another individual to us, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not want to provide this information, please do not utilize these features of the website.

AUTOMATIC/PASSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION

The website of Paradigm Spine LLC collects a series of data and information when a user or automated system calls up the website. This data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected information may include

the browser types and versions used,

the operating system used by the accessing system,

the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers),

the sub-websites,

the date and time of access to the Internet site,

an Internet protocol address (IP address),

the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and

any other similar data and information.

Paradigm Spine LLC analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject. Depending on a user's country and the information involved, this information may or may not be personal information.

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TOOLS

The Internet pages of Paradigm Spine LLC use cookies and internet tags. Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.

Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.

Internet tags (also known as single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs, and 1-by-1 GIFs) are smaller than cookies and tell the Web site server information such as the IP address and browser type related to the visitor's computer. This site uses Internet tags. Tags may have also been placed on online advertisements that bring people to the site. This site may collect or seek personally identifiable information through these tags.

Through the use of cookies and internet tags, Paradigm Spine LLC can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the use of these tools.

By means of these tools, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. These tools allow us, as previously mentioned, to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to utilize our website. For example. a website user that uses cookies would not have to enter access data each time the website is accessed, because this is taken over by the website, and the cookie is thus stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online store remembers the articles that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

If you prefer not to receive cookies from this website, configure your internet browser to refuse all cookies from this and other websites that you may visit. This will provide you with more control over the acceptance of cookies on your computer. You may also delete cookies already storied on your computer using your internet browser's settings. Please note, however, that certain portions of the website may function slowly or not at all if you choose to refuse or delete cookies. By using this website and not disabling cookies, you consent to their use.

USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

If you provide personally identifiable information to this site, we may use and combine such information with other actively collected information unless we specify otherwise at the point of collection. We will take reasonable measures to prevent personally identifiable information from being combined with passively collected information, unless you consent otherwise.

We may use information from or about you as necessary for:

Providing the functionality of the website

- to provide and improve the content of the website

- to respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, such as to send you documents you request or email alerts

- to send you important information regarding our relationship with you or regarding the website, changes to our terms, conditions, policies, and/or other administrative information.

Accomplishing our business purposes

- to fulfill contractual obligations that you may have with us

- for data analysis (e.g., to improve the efficiency of the website)

- for audits, to verify that our internal process function as intended and are compliant with legal, regulatory, or contractual requirements

- for fraud and security monitoring purposes (e.g., to detect and prevents cyberattacks or attempts to commit identity theft)

- for developing new products and services

- for enhancing, improving, or modifying our website or products or services

- for identifying usage trends (e.g., understanding which parts of the website are of most interest to users)

- for determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, so that we can adapt our campaigns to the needs and interest of our users.

Analysis of Personal Information to provide personalized services

- to better understand you, so that we can personalize our interactions with you and provide you with information and/or offers tailored to your interests

- to better understand your preferences so that we can deliver content via the website that we believe will be relevant and interesting to you.

Legitimate Interests

- for our legitimate interest to improve our products and services and the content on our websites, and for administrative purposes.

We may disclose personally identifiable information to third parties, located in the United States and/or any other country, but only

- to contractors we use to support our business (e.g., fulfillment services, technical support, delivery services, analytics services, and financial institutions), in which case we will require such third parties to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy;

- as permitted by applicable law, to a third party in connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the business of this site to which the information relates, in which case we will require any such third party to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy; or

- to our affiliates worldwide that agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy

- where required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations.

In addition, where allowed by applicable law, we may use and disclose information that is not personal identifiable for any purpose. If we combine information that is not in personally identifiable form with information that is personally identifiable, we will treat the combined information as personal information as long as it is combined.

YOUR RIGHTS

To keep your personally identifiable information accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct personally identifiable information in our possession that you have previously submitted via this site.

If you would like to opt out of sharing your personal information, obtain a copy of your personal information or have your personal information deleted from the database, please contact us at info@paradigmspine.de. We will respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable. We will retain your contact information for verification of your request and record keeping in compliance with this Privacy Policy.

SECURITY

We take commercially reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect your personally identifiable information as you transmit your information from your computer to our site and to protect such information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail. Moreover, where you use passwords, ID numbers, or other special access features on this site, it is your responsibility to safeguard them.

RETENTION PERIOD

We will retain your personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for legitimate business purposes. The criteria used to determine our retention period(s) include: (i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the website to you, (ii) whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject, (iii) the purpose(s) for which the personal information was obtained, and (iv) whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position.

LINKS TO EXTERNAL WEB SITES

This site may contain links or references to other Web sites. Please be aware that we do not control other Web sites and that, in any case, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those Web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every Web site you visit.

OTHER TERMS

Your use of this site is subject to our Legal Notice.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the information practices of this site, please contact us at the following:

This Privacy Policy is subject to change, without notice. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective upon the date the revised Privacy Policy is posted to this website. Your continued use of this website means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy. Please check back periodically, and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information.